Louisville football's Hakeem Smith makes another watch list

11:57 AM,
Jul. 12, 2013

University of Louisville football at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. (File)

Written by

Jonathan Lintner
jlintner@courier-journal.com

University of Louisville safeties Hakeem Smith and Calivin Pryor, as well as Western Kentucky's Jonathan Dowling, made the Jim Thorpe Award watch list Friday for college football's best defensive back.

It's the third watch list nomination for Smith, a fifth-year U of L senior who's also a candidate for the Bednarik and Bronko Nagurski awards that honor the best defensive players.

Pryor was second for the Cardinals in tackling last season with 100, and ...